Original Pitches, Arguable Calls
We White Sox fans, a small but savvy crowd, believe our team is cutting down on awfulness. We might be short a $300 million player or two, but an award of colossal wealth and a long-term contract to a big star sometimes produces, sooner or later, comment along the lines of, “Hey, remember when that…
TV Commercial Script “I Can’t Believe” Background Music -– light, pleasant Carefree Woman relaxes in her kitchen, enjoying a slice of toast with spread. C.W.: I can’t believe it! Elderly Fellow watching TV. Tray with a muffin, a couple bites out of it, butter knife and open tub of spread nearby. He happily picks up…
“Hamlet? They’re making us do Hamlet again?!?” “Settle down, people, settle down. Now, each of you has a copy of the new memo from our ‘Bard Board.’ Must be hot off their typewriter.” “I can’t read this thing. My shrink says I have RSD — Refined Situational Dyslexia.” “You’re lucky. Anyway, I’m warning you, we’ve…
The drunk cabbie makesa wrong turn sixteen damn times.What’s next? Seventeen. O you who sees mychrome wheels as vulgarian,my fist sees your chin. Sorry about that. You’re part of the universe, just a faulty part. My hand-held devicelistens, speaks, completes me, soI need you for . . . what? Tomorrow is fog.Only today’s truth is…
Do you recall a time when America’s public life was not mostly political? If you’re younger than 35, you might be puzzled by that question (or one about the occasional appropriateness of privacy). But as a millennial, that’s not entirely your fault . . . as if I had to tell you that anything is…